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Saturday, 4 April 2015

AtoZChallenge2015 - D is for Dahak

I fear I have chosen another evil entity for today's post. Dahak is actually from the Zoroastrian folklore of ancient Iran and he's an evil monster demon. However the fictional version of this entity that I'm interested in comes from Xena and Hercules. Both shows always did epic so well and Dahak is definitely that.

Dahak is a powerful, godlike creature worshiped by cultists in Brittania. He is an ancient evil set on bringing destruction to the world. He almost succeeded too.

While Gabrielle was in Brittania she became friendly with a follower of Dahak, not realising that it was a dark, evil cult. She was then impregnated by Dahak with her daughter Hope, the bringer of Evil. Hope in turn has a demonic child called the Destroyer with Ares who has teamed up with Dahak to take over the world, only to be foiled by Xena and Gabrielle.

Not to be put off, Dahak then tries again using Hercules and Iolaus this time. After tricking Hercules, Gilgamesh, the Sumrrian King and now disciple of Dahak, kills Iolaus, which allows Dahak to possess Iolaus' body. Dahak then proceeds to try and wipe out any and all deities that might oppose him while mascarading as a god of light. Of course Hercules eventually defeats him.

Very helpful website as well as packing the A-Z blogs full of useful info. Shall know where to come for info on the dark entities now. You must have worked so hard to have so many books and such a great site, :-)

Now let me see if I got this straight...Gabriella begets Hope...Hope begets Destroyer...X and G destroy Destroyer and Evil prevails? What a VICIOUS Cirlcle! I see you are right in the middle of it, too...lol!!! GOOD 'over evil' JOB!Sue at CollectInTexas GalAtoZ 2015 ChallengeMinion for AJ's wHooligans

Hi Natasha - I haven't heard of these stories or some of the deities .. especially when they're particularly nasty and called Hope ... thankfully as Sue says Good 'over evil' .. will prevail .. Obviously I move in the wrong circles .. thankfully your readers know a thing or two .. cheers Hilary

I used to watch both of these shows, but obviously missed these episodes! How cool that they used a "real" deity. Had no idea. Wish we had more shows (but updated now) like these nowadays... Lisa, co-host AtoZ 2015, @ http://www.lisabuiecollard.com

I always love to hear of mythological creatures - I have to admit I know nothing about Iranian folklore and mythology. I have to admit I didn't remember Dahak from back when I watched Hercules and Xena but I always find villains interesting.

I love mythology, particularly Greek mythology. My family used to watch Hercules and Xena all the time, and we even had a tradition of getting pizza from some local place and eating it as we watched Hercules.

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